International Business
In International Business Course is the MA course that focuses on business world to prepare student for employment or for start their own business. Basically, this programme will teach student to managing developing and understanding each parts of international business, start from basic base of the business, such as financial, human resource, global market and consumer behaviour. Then go on the complex parts as environmentally sustainable, business strategy, international trade and globalisation. There will be seven core modules, namely, Managing Business Finance, Human Resource Management, Global Markets & Consumers, Environmentally Sustainable Business, International Business Strategy, International Trade & Globalisation and Research Methods, and one optional module that student can choose from three modules which are Managing Corporate Reputation, Global Marketing Leadership, Managing Operations & Information Systems. In all of the modules, there is only one assignment to be completed and it is a case study based report or essay which is equivalent to 3,000 words except for three modules, namely, Managing Business Finance, International Business Strategy and International Trade & Globalisation. These three modules are required to do the case study based on examination in the class, still equivalent to 3,000 words. For the reading list, it is unfortunately that there are no reading lists available on York St. John website for this course, but students can talk to their tutor about this list for each module. Normally, the time table of the class will be available near the introduction week, but it is likely that there are four modules in term one, namely, Environmentally Sustainable, Managing Business Finance, Global Markets & Consumers and Human Resource Management, and maybe there is no class on Friday for term